Arne kinds
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
- Group:Distant Water Fleets - USAID
Arne kinds
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
I obtained a joint PhD in Economics (University of Western Brittany) and Bioscience Engineering (Ghent University) in June 2021. My research focuses on the analysis of ownership and concentration in the fishing industry, and combines quantitative analysis of vessel and quota ownership with the analysis of the institutions of fisheries management.
I strive to understand trends of concentration of fishing capital in terms of both the pragmatic and ideological choices underpinning fisheries management. I hold a bachelor’s in Biology and a joint master’s degree in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC). During my studies I spent time at the University of the Algarve, the University of Oviedo and the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI).
I like traveling, playing the guitar, hiking and surfing. I currently live between Ghent and Beirut with my partner Dalia and our daughter Leila.
Research lines
Within the EQUALSEA project, I will be studying vessel ownership, access to fishing opportunities, and financing mechanisms. I am particularly interested in how ownership structures and financing instruments promote (or impede) sustainability and ocean equity.
Publications
- Kinds, A., Sys, K., Schotte, L., Mondelaers, K., and Polet, H. 2016. VALDUVIS: An innovative approach to assess the sustainability of fishing activities. Fisheries Research, 182: 158–171.
- Kinds, A., Said, A., Speelman, S., and Olivier, G. 2021a. Navigating institutional change in the French Atlantic fishing sector: how do artisanal fishers obtain and secure fishing opportunities? In Blue Justice: Small-Scale Fisheries in a Sustainable Ocean Economy, p. in press. Ed. by S. Jentoft, R. Chuenpagdee, A. Said, and M. Isaacs. Springer, MARE Publication Series.
- Kinds, A. 2021. Who owns what? An analysis of the production means in the French Atlantic fishing sector. Ghent University. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering ; University of Western Brittany, Faculty of Economics. XXII, 197 pp.
- Kinds, A., Le Floc’h, P., Speelman, S., and Guyader, O. 2021b. Challenging the ‘artisanal vs. industrial’ dichotomy in French Atlantic fisheries: An organizational typology of multi-vessel fishing firms. Marine Policy, 134: 104753. Elsevier Ltd.